Need Help!- Can Bobcad be coaxed into making gcode for a 4 axis hot wire machine?

[stab]

Burr, Yea I did come across that. I'll see if I can get it loaded.

I talked to the folks at BobCad and they said that they can put a post processor together for me specific to my machine. I won't believe it until I see it working so in the meantime I'm going to keep trying everything that I can.

For the post processor they want to know:

A list of accepted G/M codes (or equivalent for controllers that do not accept G/M codes)

and

Examples and complete descriptions of all desired machining canned cycles

I'm not sure that there's any canned cycles for a hotwire but I'm not sure, Maybe you can shed some light on that for me. All I could find on canned cycles was milling/drilling type functions.

[BurrMan]

Sorry Stab, I'm not very good at that either!!! Mostly, if you can have a sample program set up, and then output code AND know what the code SHOULD look like, then they can get one setup for you. It's kindof like what I was asking for, but they are more familiar with all the posts and more specifically the EDM machines. I kindof have to start from scratch with you with no experience in EDM. Just going from my knowledge of how to make the program do what I want it to do... So your best bet, if you can wait here, is to work with them on it.... Probably better results with less effort on your part.....

[stab]

Great!

I'll still get you that simple shape file when I get a chance (been busy). Additionally, just to make sure we're on the same page, an EDM and a 4 axis foam cutter Hotwire are different machines. I'd say that the similarity ends after the fact that they're both 4 axis and use a tension wire between the axis'. My assumption is that the hotwire is far simpler because there is no fluid bath and in my application no wire voltage to regulate (I do it manually).